A monthly podcast dedicated to all things Dark Shadows, as well as horror literature, movies and comic books.
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Let's talk about writers and writing, right here in Sin City. Before we were the Motor City, one of the nicknames we were known by was "Sin City." Maybe that's why we've got so many great stories to tell. Our Windsor-Detroit region is full of inspiring poetry, first rate fiction, outstanding non-fiction, amazing writers, and exciting publishers. At All Write in Sin City, we aim to bring them to you. Check out our shows here, or take a listen wherever you listen to podcasts.
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The Insurance leaders podcast is all about helping insurance agency owners and agents achieve new heights by developing their ability to lead.
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On Comics and Grief with Dale Jacobs
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Dale Jacobs is the author of Graphic Encounters: Comics and the Sponsorship of Multimodal Literacy (2013) and the co-author (with Heidi LM Jacobs) of 100 Miles of Baseball: Fifty Games, One Summer (2021). His essays have appeared in journals including but not limited to Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, English Journal, College Compo…
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Making History Move with Kim Nelson
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Kim Nelson is an Associate Professor of Film at the University of Windsor, and also the Director of the Humanities Research Group and the Live Doc Project. Originally from Vancouver, she has been based in Windsor since 2005. She has a BA in Film from UBC and an MFA in Film from York University. Her work spans fiction and documentary. Her interests …
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Precedented Parroting with Barbara Tran
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Barbara Tran’s poetry and fiction have appeared in The Paris Review, The Malahat Review, and Conjunctions. Included in Barbara’s writing for the screen is the narration for Madame Pirate: Becoming a Legend, a short XR film, which was a 2022 Official Selection of SXSW and in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Barbara’s poetry collection In the…
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Enough to Lose with RS Deeren
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A native "Thumbody," RS Deeren is an assistant professor of creative writing at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. His research interests include contemporary fiction, US working-class studies, and rural-urban dynamics. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in periodicals including The Great Lakes Review, Joyland, M…
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Publishing Practicum with Marty Gervais and Andre Narbonne
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Marty Gervais and André Narbonne About our guests: The Publishing Practicum is a different kind of University of Windsor English course. It’s like a year-long internship for a group of students who take one or two books per year through the steps of the publishing process from editing to book design to creating a promotional campaign and a book lau…
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Sorry About the Fire with Colleen Coco Collins
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Colleen Coco Collins is an interdisciplinary artist of Irish, French, and Odawa descent, working in songwriting, performance, poetry and visual arts. She’s worked as a gallery director, in forestry, fossil preparation, and renovation; as an autism support worker, teacher, and women’s shelter counsellor. Her writing, music, and art practice centers …
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Diver Beneath the Street with Petra Kuppers
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Petra Kuppers is a disability culture activist and a community performance artist who uses somatics, performance, and speculative writing to engage audiences toward more socially just and enjoyable futures. She is the Anita Gonzalez Collegiate Professor of Performance Studies and Disability Culture at the University of Michigan, a 2023 Guggenheim F…
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Anomia with Jade Wallace
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Jade Wallace (they/them) holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, and writes poetry, novels, and short fiction, serves as the inaugural book reviews editor for CAROUSEL, and is co-founder of the collaborative writing entity MA|DE. Jade’s work has been published in literary journals internationally and has been shortlisted f…
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Eat Your Mind with Jason McBride
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Our featured author in this episode is Jason McBride. We’re bringing you the recorded highlights of a recent book event, a talk by McBride titled: Autobiography, Autofiction, Autoeroticism. It took place in downtown Windsor and was hosted by The University of Windsor’s Humanities Research Group. In his talk, Jason McBride discussed his first book, …
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Shades of Black with Carlos Anthony
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Carlos Anthony is a screenwriter, producer, and novelist who addresses the historically silenced experiences of Black men. With a background in Advertising and Marketing, he learned effective communication and storytelling. Through diverse work experiences, he empathized with individuals from various backgrounds, observing the impact of factors lik…
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Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs with George Singleton featuring UWindsor Publishing Practicum
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George Singleton is a Southern author who has written ten books of short stories, two novels, an instructional book on writing fiction and a collection of essays. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. In 2011 he was awarded the Hillsdale Award for Fiction by The Fellowship of Southern Writers. Singleton was ind…
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The Book of Benjamin with Ben Robinson
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Ben Robinson is a poet, musician and librarian. His most recent publication is Without Form from The Blasted Tree and knife | fork | book. He has only ever lived in Hamilton, Ontario on the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. His first book is The Book of Benjamin from Palimpsest Press. You ca…
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The Future with Catherine Leroux
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Catherine Leroux is the author of three highly praised novels and an innovative sequence of short stories. Her first novel, La marche en forêt (2011), was a finalist for Quebec’s Booksellers’ Prize. Her bestselling second novel, The Party Wall, a translation of Le mur mitoyen, won the France–Quebec Prize in the original and, in translation, was a f…
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Sporting Justice with Miriam Wright
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Miriam Wright is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Windsor. She teaches Canadian history, and her recent work has focussed on race and sports in Canada as well as on Chinese immigration to Newfoundland and Labrador. Miriam is one of the researchers behind the award-winning Breaking the Colour Barrier: Wilfred “Boomer” Harding &…
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On Community with Casey Plett
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Casey Plett is the author of A Dream of a Woman, Little Fish, and A Safe Girl to Love, the co-editor of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, and the publisher at LittlePuss Press. She has written for the New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the Winni…
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The Blood of Five Rivers with Arjun Bedi
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Arjun Bedi is a second generation Indian-Canadian writer. He was born and raised in Mississauga. Formally educated in Philosophy, with an eclectic set of experiences to follow, his aim has always been to interact with the world in a way that keeps his curiosity alive. The Blood of Five Rivers is his first novel and is published by Palimpsest Press.…
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How to Build a Boat with Elaine Feeney
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About our guest: Elaine Feeney is an award-winning poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright from the west of Ireland. Her 2020 debut, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O’Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize, and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Her sec…
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All Write in Sin City 2023 Wrap!
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Join our three podcasters: Kim Conklin, Sarah Jarvis, and Irene Moore Davis for a fond look at some of the titles that caught our attention in 2023. It's not an exhaustive list as we loved all our interviews and you can find them all in our episodes. Here are links to the ones we mentioned here: The Middle Daughter Chika Unigwe https://www.buzzspro…
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Girl Country with Jacqueline Vogtman
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Jacqueline Vogtman’s fiction has appeared in Hunger Mountain, Permafrost, The Literary Review, Smokelong Quarterly, Third Coast, and other journals. A graduate of the MFA program at Bowling Green State University, she is currently Associate Professor of English at Mercer County Community College. She has lived in New Jersey most of her life and res…
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Claims Suck But Brownies Don't With Jeremy Powers
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Join Ryan as he sits down with Jeremy Powers of Powers Insurance Experts as they discuss various topics that all revolve around what Jeremy calls "loving people." Today, connecting with people and engaging deeper with clients, the community, and your team has never been more important. Join us as Ryan and Jeremy dive deep into some great community …
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Deep Dark Secrets with Don Gillmor, Author of Breaking and Entering
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Don Gillmor is the author of To the River, which won the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction. He is the author of three novels: Breaking and Entering, Long Change, Mount Pleasant, and Kanata. He is also the author of a two-volume history of Canada, Canada: A People’s History, and has written nine books for children, two of which were nominated…
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Creating Social Cred with Taylor Dobbie & Michael McCormick
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Join us in this exciting episode as Ryan joins Michael McCormick and Taylor Dobbie, the founders of Insurance Soup, one of the most successful insurance Facebook groups who have demonstrated their ability to give back to the industry as a whole in massive ways. They founded Soup Live, Career Insurance Agents (CIA), and several other insurance-speci…
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What to Count with Alise Alousi featuring Erik ETomic Johnson
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Alise Alousi’s writing has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including Three Fold Press, Mom Egg Review, The Detroit Free Press, Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry and We Call to the Eye and the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Descent. She is a 2019 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow and has received awar…
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From Family Agency To Scratch Agent with Stephen Turnbull
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Join Ryan as he sits down in this heartfelt and sober exchange with Stephen Turnbull of T5 Insurance out of Clinton, NY. Stephen describes leaving a 101-year-old family agency for the discomfort of starting a scratch agency. While he is only 17 months in, and despite the hard market he has encountered, Stephen has committed himself to being involve…
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The Art of Libromancy with Josh Cook
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Josh Cook is a bookseller and co-owner at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has worked since 2004. He is also author of the critically acclaimed postmodern detective novel An Exaggerated Murder and his fiction, criticism, and poetry have appeared in numerous leading literary publications. He grew up in Lewiston, Maine and li…
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Marketing Lessons From Nicholas Ayers
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In this episode, Ryan introduces Nicholas Ayers, Chief Marketing Officer at Better Agency and an expert in the independent insurance industry's technological advancements. They discuss the evolution of technology in the space and its impact on agency owners, staff, and operations. Nick's influence can be seen in companies like Vertafore and Hawksof…
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Bold Moves with Patrick McBride!
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In our latest episode of The Insurance Leaders, we sat down with the incredible Patrick McBride of The McBride Agency in Dixon, IL, and WOW, what a story! Patrick made a daring leap, leaving his secure role as a captive agent with Farmers Insurance to chart his path as an independent agency owner. But here's the twist - 18 months later, after not t…
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Cocktail with Lisa Alward
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Lisa Alward grew up in Halifax during the 1960s and 70s. She worked in literary publishing in Toronto in the 80s and began writing fiction at 50. Her stories have won The Fiddlehead Prize and the Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award and have appeared in Best Canadian Stories and The Journey Prize Stories, as well as literary journals such as The N…
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Understanding Who You Are With James Jenkins
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Get ready for an electrifying podcast episode! Join us as we sit down with the dynamic James Jenkins, the driving force behind RiskWell in McKinney, TX. In this thrilling yet very different episode, we dive deep into a variety of riveting topics, including James's brand-new book, "Leaving Captivity." You won't want to miss the passion and expertise…
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Unveiling the Secrets of Culture and Marketing With Anson Ross Thompson
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Join Ryan Reynolds as he sits down with Anson Ross Thompson of The Thompson Group. In this engaging episode, Anson takes us on a jounry through his distinctive business approach, his innovative company culture and his unique marketing stragegies. Anson along wtih his wife, Jenny, own the thriving agency that opperates in 27 states with locations in…
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Black Scientist, Black Activist, Black Icon with George Elliot Clarke
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Poet, novelist, playwright, and critic Dr. George Elliott Clarke is a native of Windsor, Nova Scotia. He is a seventh-generation Canadian of African American and Mi'kmaq Indigenous descent. He earned his BA from the University of Waterloo, MA from Dalhousie University, and PhD from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario (which is where I first met…
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Unlocking Mental Health Mastery in Today's Market with Dr. Tom Kimball
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Get ready for an electrifying episode of mental health mastery! Join your host, Ryan Reynolds, as he teams up with the brilliant Dr. Tom Kimball, PH.D., LMFT, to delve deep into the world of mental well-being. In this dynamic discussion, we're about to unearth the secrets to managing your mental health amid these challenging times. Key Highlights: …
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Door to Door with Tony Merwin
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Join Ryan and Tony Merwin as they discuss Tony's path to success in the Medicare Insurance space. Tony began his career going door to door and now is operating a successful Medicare agency. Tony talks about his success in running Facebook marketing ads and discusses how often he has started his agency over. Enjoy the show! To contact Ryan, email hi…
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The African Samurai with Craig Shreve
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Craig Shreve was born and raised in North Buxton, Ontario, a small town that has been recognized by the Canadian government as a National Historic Site due to its former status as a popular terminus on the Underground Railroad. He is a descendant of Abraham Doras Shadd, the first Black person in Canada to be elected to public office, and of his dau…
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Agency Finances With Carey Wallace
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Join Carey and Ryan as they discuss agency finances, the M&A space, and teaching kids financial matters. Carey provides incredible insights for an agency trying to get their agency finances in order and the essential financial aspects agents need to get stable to thrive. We tackle the M&A space, how to find deals, and the critical aspects of determ…
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Better Conversations With David Watson of Risk Advisor
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Are you looking to improve the quality of the conversations you and your team are having with prospects? Risk Advisor might be your solution. David Watson, Founder of RiskAdvisor, joins us to discuss how vital these intake conversations are and how Risk Advisor helps you capture the data and seamlessly integrate it into your CRM or management syste…
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Tales for Late Night Bonfires with G.A. Grisenthwaite
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G. A. Grisenthwaite is Nlaka’pamux [Ing-khla-kap-muh], a member of the Lytton First Nation. He was a graphic designer in Vancouver and Kelowna before completing his master’s in English literature and creative writing at the University of Windsor. His stories and poems have appeared in The Antigonish Review, Our Stories Literary Journal, FreeFall, E…
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274 Facebook Groups With Joe Kampert
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Joe Kampert is a member of 274 Facebook Groups and has scaled his agency by mastering these groups and how to leverage their power. If you are interested in getting more involved with social media, this episode is for you. Joe Kampert owns The Red Wood Agency in Austin, Texas, and has a ton of knowledge he acquired through being an Allstate Agent a…
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Have Your Cake And Eat It Too With Adam Bowe
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Join Ryan as he sits down with the Founder and CEO of Cake, Adam Bowe. Adam founded Cake which serves independent agents as a transactional marketplace to buy, sell, and value books of business. If you want to get in touch with Adam, you can find him at haveyourcake.com, or you can contact Adam at Adam@haveyourcake.com. To contact Ryan, email him a…
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Scaling Slowly With Mike Fusco
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Join Ryan Reynolds as he dives deep into the insurance agency world with Mike Fusco and how he and his partners scaled their agency Fusco Orsini and Associates to almost $4M in revenue in 14 years. Plus, Mike shares how his team is broken up into his commercial/benefits agency and how they have scaled their agency over the last 14 years to now one …
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Kevin Spenst Chuffed for Chapbooks Tour
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In a special summertime "minisode" of All Write in Sin City, we connect with our friend and poet Kevin Spenst to find out what can happen on a no-holds-barred poetic romp across Canada. When he visited Windsor, he performed at the City of Windsor's birthday celebrations with our Poets Laureate, at the Art Windsor-Essex Gallery, and at Biblioasis bo…
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Delivering Value To Your Commercial Accounts with Michael Zalle
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Yellowbird.com is a vendor that helps you deliver value to your commercial accounts. Join me as I visit with Michael Zalle, Founder and CEO of YellowBird. We discuss how partnering with YellowBird allows you to bring the best and brightest talent in the industry to help you facilitate Risk assessments, required and non-required safety services, eme…
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IndieTech With Jason Cass
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The IndieTech Showcase Experience 2023 Conference is coming quickly (August 29-31), and Jason Cass takes the opportunity to share why this conference is so important and why agency owners need to attend this conference. Take a listen and hear Jason talk about the difference between IndieTech and Insurtech and why that is so important. We also discu…
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Building a Niche with Video & Value with Chris Greene
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On this knowledge packed episode with Chris Greene, we discuss how he left a $1M P&C book to build out the flood insurance niche. Chris has delivered over 1500 videos in an effort to provide and deliver value. We all want to build out referral partners, and Chris gives us insight into how he has built out a nationwide referral network of captive an…
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Celebrating the Chatham Coloured All-Stars with Heidi L.M. Jacobs
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Dr. Heidi L.M. Jacobs was born and raised in Edmonton. A graduate of the University of Alberta, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Western University, she is currently a librarian at the University of Windsor as well as an award-winning writer and documentary producer. Her previous books include the novel Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and P…
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Selfless Sharing and Innovation 2023 with Captain Dave Jackson
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Join me as we sit down with Dave Jackson and talk all things 2023 Innovation, which will be held in October 2023 in Chicago, IL. Dave talks about his 40+ years in the insurance industry as an Allstate Agent and a State Farm Agent, and now an independent agent in Nashville, TN. We also discuss the hard market we are in and how agency owners should b…
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From Geico's #1 Sales Rep To Indy With Jason Kilgo
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Hear what it takes to be Geico's #1 inside Sales Rep to becoming an independent agency owner. Join Jason and host Ryan Reynolds as they dive deep into what fuels him, what he learned as an inside sales rep, and how his business is evolving now. To contact Ryan, email him at Rreynolds@GrimesInsurance.com…
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Arboreality with Rebecca Campbell featuring Brittni Brinn
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Rebecca Campbell is a Canadian writer of weird stories and climate change fiction. Her work has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, and Interzone. She won the Sunburst award for short fiction in 2020 for “The Fourth Trimester is the Strangest" and the Theodore Sturgeon Mem…
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Persistence Runs Deep With Cyrus Jaffery
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Join us as Cyrus Jaffery tells his family's story of migrating to the United States after his family home was bombed. Hear how his Mothers relentlessness got him and his family to the United States after being denied 12 times. Cyrus owns four different insurance solutions, including Quotamation, a software helping agents make it easy to form embedd…
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A One-Stop Shop With Doug Blevins
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Check out this episode where Ryan sits down with Doug Blevins, an ALFA insurance agent out of Georgia, to discuss motivating your team to care as much about protecting your clients as you do. Doug has had incredible results, including being an MDRT agent in 2021 and 2022, and believes in relationships and leading by "walking the walk and talking th…
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